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A new study in Pediatrics reported that adolescents with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) who received 10 sessions (over 5 months) of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) continued to experience positive effects at 2-year follow-up. Researchers measured fatigue, functional impairment, school attendance, and work attendance (where applicable). At follow-up, participants continued to experience the same improvement in fatigue as they had at the end of treatment. Their physical functioning, school attendance, and work attendance actually improved during the follow-up period. The authors recommended that this treatment become available to more adolescent patients with CFS.

A new study just published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology shows that Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) can help cancer survivors who are experiencing severe fatigue and functional impairment. If you know someone who has been cured of his or her cancer, but has unexplained fatigue, you may want to check out this study.

112 cancer survivors with severe fatigue were randomly assigned to one of two groups — half of them received CBT, and the other half was assigned to a waitlist for therapy (i.e. they did not receive therapy during the six month timeframe of the study). The group that received CBT treatment showed significantly reduced fatigue and functional impairment as compared to the control group.